FloridaAngel's Journal, 18 Jan 16

Stop stepping on the scale. DO your diet for at least a month and then weigh. I know it's hard, it takes a great deal of patience, but you have to give it a chance to work.  

Great pep talk! 

Thanks for the reminder philmck!!!!! a whole month? goodness : o 

A "whole" month. lol Three would be better.  

I know for me, if you aren't strictly "on" for the induction, it will slow you down/stall you. Even a little off will throw it out of whack. Double-check to see if that might be part of the up/down. Also, sodium, even natural in food like pork, can throw me off a little for a day or two. 

I once did a water fast to cleanse my body and lost 10 kg of water weight in 2 weeks, but you also lose muscles and once you start eating normally again it all comes back pretty quickly. I'm currently doing the military diet and it works, I lost around 4 kg in a week. If what you're doing doesn't work why not give it a try. ;)  

Hi FloridaAngel, Philmck has a very valid point, and he is resolute in his weigh ins. It works for him, it could well work for you. Every body's weight will go up and down day by day, hour by hour, and focusing on the scales top much can create false hope and false despair. If you can take the news (as I need to), fine, weigh. If however it has the potential to disrupt what you are doing on the diet because of a blip, then don't weigh. Trust in the methodology of HFLC. If you do it right, it works. You said you were not a patient person, so NOT looking at the scales will probably help you. Hang on in there, it will shake down, one way or the other, you will find the way which suits.  

Hang in there if your weighing every day the numbers will jump around so if it's driving you crazy try not to weigh more than once every week or two. 

when I was first starting I didnt eat after 7-8pm and didnt have breakfast till around 10am.. not sure if thats fasting, but it helped. Also, drink some broth, made with bullion cubes, it will help. and look for hidden carbs,like sauces or diet drinks or low carb products, those slow me down. And lastly , drink water till your eyes float out your head.. hehe.  

Everybody is different. Some people (myself included) like to weigh daily, but I'm only looking at the pattern over the last week or so and not paying much attention to each individual day. You're looking for small changes, but there is a lot of noise in the measurement. This is mostly due to changing hydration levels. Unfortunately, this hides the "real" number from you. Long story short: don't worry if you gain two or three pounds. If the weigh-ins are making it hard to concentrate, then don't weigh in! I didn't weigh in at all for the first six weeks of my weight loss (I didn't even own a scale). The scale isn't what makes you lose weight, it's all you. 

I have an idea..... While your breakfast is low in net carbs, you make up dirt the energy shortage with high protein, 47gms worth. Protein is overly marketed and not nearly as important as odd commonly believed. Increase your source of fats... Avocado, coconut oil, butter.... Skip they protein shake, add bacon instead. The single most common reason for stalls or failure on at Atkins plan is excess protein and not enough fat. When 58% of Protein if converted to Glucose in the liver, you can see why. Why would your body dip into its savings account for energy (fat), when you keep restocking the main checking account (liver glucose). 5% calories from carbs or <30gms net carbs..... >65% calories from fat. Fat = 9 calories per gram... Protein and Carbs = 4gms, so twice as much energy.... You'll feel fuller, longer. If you're up for it, work in some intermittent fasting, 16:8 cycle, dinner... Then skip breakfast and ready at lunch , about a 16 he span. Crucial not to intake those carbs in the morning, as this is when Cortisol levels are highest. 

Mahjohn, FloridaAngel is a fish eating vegetarian, so no bacon. That said I agree absolutely with the advice for her to lower the protein intake.Indeed it is a Critical aspect and so often overlooked on LCHF. In the absence of carbs, the first place to find the glucose hit is from EXCESS protein. Not that same thing as saying low carb will make the body lose muscle to get at glucose, I don't believe it does. But it WILL attack the excess protein and make glucose. In the presence of relatively small amounts of blood glucose (from whatever source) there is an insulin response to remove surplus, and while the insulin is there the mechanism to utilise the body's fat stores is turned off. The only thing left to get enough energy to prevent the body metabolism slowing down from not enough food intake is indeed FAT. Sure, sounds disgusting (to me) to eat even 50%, let alone 70 or 80% of kcals from fat, but there are amazingly ingenious ways to add good fats without feeling one is eating fat. I don't like eating fat, but at the moment I am making 70%-80% of my kcals from fat and I don't notice it :) I am afraid though that a lot of that is with vegetables, and FA doesn't like veggies..... Maybe they would be more appealing if cooked lightly in olive oil and butter as I do with lots of mushrooms to soak in the luscious fats. Bottom line for FA is that if she can't find a way of doing a proper LCHF diet because of her food preferences maybe it's just not the right approach for her. Like all diet approaches, it has to be done properly or it will fail. 

Pescatarian so no Bacon. Yup' Insulin is the gatekeeper...On or Off, Fat Storing or Fat Burning.